Mary Elizabeth Lange
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Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP (born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange; c. 1789 – February 3, 1882) was an American religious sister in Baltimore, Maryland who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1829, the first African-American religious congregation in the United States. She was also, via the Oblates, the first African-American superior general.
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Born | Elizabeth Clarisse Lange c. 1789[1] Saint-Domingue |
Died | February 3, 1882(1882-02-03) (aged 92–93) Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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The cause for her beatification was opened in 1991. Pope Francis named her as venerable on June 22, 2023.